MINGLE AHOY

[these_balls]

Who: ANYONE AND EVERYONE
Where: ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE
When: May 29 - 31
Summary: GET IN HERE AND MINGLE
Rating: BUT PLEASE MARK YOUR THREAD CONTENT ACCORDINGLY
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[bookslap]

{Shuu barks happily, tail wagging so fast it's almost invisible. He's gonna come play, just let him finish making sure that Mama's okay!!}

{Nanao sounds surprisingly cheerful for someone being pinned by a dog the size of a horse.}

I'll be fine. Go play, Shuues. {She gets two big licks and then Shuuhei goes bounding off, bouncing like he's a tiny Houndour. Play! Let's plaaaaaay!}

[frostedheavens]

[Plaaaaaaaaaaayy!! With a bark, Hina bounds off alongside Shuuhei as if she's not over a hundred and fifty kilos of firedoge, tail going like a banner in the wind. Keep up, Shuu-friend! She knows the best places to play!

Yeah, trainer's not even going to try and keep up. He's just going to smirk, stepping over to offer Nanao a hand up. ...What? He's got enough muscle to pull her up!]

We won't be seeing them again for a while.

[bookslap]

{Shuu will keep up!! He can do this allllll day!}

{Nanao will also accept that hand up. She's not too proud.}

They can take care of themselves, it's alright. {She hasn't let go of his hand yet, though.}

[frostedheavens]

[He's in no hurry to let go, either. Knowing this place could take their memories and send them home at any moment, he's in no hurry. Her hand doesn't quite dwarf his, but his fingers still almost disappear beneath hers.]

I'd be more worried about wild ones they run into. Hina can be very enthusiastic with her playmates.

[And at that size. Welp. Things happen.]

[bookslap]

Shuu's had plenty of experience with herding babies, don't worry. {Her house was always full of tiny pokemons. One of the (debatable) perks of being a breeder.} He'll keep her out of trouble. Hopefully.

[frostedheavens]

[He remembers those teenies. There was a reason he never let Hina out of his room unless she was in her ball. All those littles and the giant firedoge? Baaaaad idea. He shrugs.]

Hopefully. You'll hear it if he can't.

[Probably.]

[bookslap]

{God, sometimes she really misses that madhouse.}

He's pretty loud, that's for sure. {Nanao brushes off some of Hina's fur, and stretches.}

It's pretty nostalgic, being back here. Makes me feel... younger, somehow.

[frostedheavens]

[He does, too. Chaotic as it was, things were...simpler. No war looming over their heads, or zombified friends to be concerned about.]

Less things to worry about. [He looks up at her, shrugging one shoulder.] That's how it's always felt.

[No divisions to run, no wars to fight, no people reliant on them...their teams are pretty self sufficient, all things considered. Easier this way.]

[bookslap]

{Nanao hums in agreement. If you ran out of money, you could always go beat up some trainers somewhere, and the Pokemon Centers would let you sleep there for free...}

No war, no Hollows... {no fuckin quincy} Some of the wildlife could be a little more polite, but what are you going to do, really?

[frostedheavens]

Stay in the cities? Needs are easily met here.

[Fresh air, food and shelter, friends and family...granted that last one is more dependent on the whim of what or whomever is bringing them in in the first place, but still. No war is a blessing in their line of work.]

The wildlife does give them a wide berth most of the time, as well. It's hardly a terrible life.

[bookslap]

Yes, but cities do get boring after a while. {Well.} The background music starts to grate, you know?

{But she can concede the point about the wild Pokemon. They'd certainly kept away from her house... although maybe that was because of the near constant ruckus that was happening.}

[frostedheavens]

Better than what plays in the caves.

[There was a reason he'd never done more than make the crossing through Union Cave one time. That music grated on his nerves so hard.]

Besides, you can just move from city to city if it gets too annoying. It's still easier than getting attacked every few steps.

[Or, you know, paralyzed because you ran afoul of a flock of sheep. Again.]

[bookslap]

....I hadn't thought about that. I didn't spend much time in the caves.

{spent a lot of it in ilex forest though #fuck the police}

{ALSO HEY THAT WAS ONLY ONE TIME mr. I got poisoned by a level 7 ekans}

[frostedheavens]

You're better off that way. The Zubat were worse than the music.

[He went through Ilex once. Once. That was enough for him, thank you very much! Some people don't piss the police off all the damned time.

The point stands! Better in cities than out in the wild for the littles to come and nab you.]

[bookslap]

They weren't really a problem for me, but I suppose that's probably due to Kiyone having Thunderpunch.

{It's hard being a Zubat. It's hard and no one appreciates the work you do.}

[frostedheavens]

Most likely. [See this face? This is completely unimpressed face because nothing he ever trained had Thunder or Ice punch. Lucky Momthing was very lucky, to be sure.

...In some respects, at least. Some.]

I wouldn't suggest trying to run them now. One city's good enough.

[bookslap]

{gomen sonthing but she's snickering a little}

Mmm. I have to say that I've not got any real desire to go rough it anytime soon. I like not getting woken up by flocks of Oddish in the middle of the night.

{is flocks even the correct collective noun for oddish}

[frostedheavens]

[yeah he's just going to sigh here.]

You have Shuuhei, at least. Better a flock of Oddish than a Sudowoodo.

[Bushel? Peck? Flock works pretty well, really. Easiest thing to explain the meaning.]

That said, I doubt we'll be here long enough to worry about running afoul of the wildlife.

[bookslap]

{Wow, way to remind her of that particular menace.}

Shuuhei thought they were great fun. Me? Not so much.

...sadly enough. {She runs a hand through her hair.} I hope that I'll see Envy, at least.

[frostedheavens]

[Hey, he had to run from the damned thing! It sucked!

Nowhere near as much as not getting a chance to say goodbye to a friend, however. He doesn't have anyone to track down and talk to here, but her...she made friends. She deserves the chance to see them off before whatever brought them here decides to send them home.]

You should look while you have the chance. [He closes his eyes, then raises a hand to his lips and whistles sharply. There's an answering bark, faint for its distance, before he sighs.] Hina can get you around fast enough. You can take her.

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[bookslap]

{If Hina comes running back, then Shuu won't be far behind.}

That's kind, but I do have my own horse-sized dog. And if this place behaves true to form, I'll probably see him soon enough when I get teleported around. {She suddenly looks very sheepish.} It's not like the actual god of this place likes me...

{SORRY ARCEUS}

oh momthing

[frostedheavens]

[Then they're both coming back because that whistle was to call her back and she won't take long. They're gonna get licked again--!!]

Hina's faster than Shuuhei. Don't take any chances with legendaries and their whims if you can avoid it.

[He's not speaking from personal experience, but...is there really a need to play the odds. He doesn't think so. Hence the sigh as a blot of orange and black appear just in his range of vision.]

[bookslap]

{Wow those doges sure are running fast... please don't bodyslam into them, they might die.}

Yes, but what if one of those legendaries decides to tangle with you? I'd certainly never forgive myself.

{and knowing fourth wall, ~anything could happen~}

[frostedheavens]

[They won't! There's going to be some skidding here in a moment. Or a jump. Either works. But plenty of licks, too.]

You can leave Shuuhei with me in her place, if it makes you feel any better. I trust he's a capable fighter.

[Not that it would matter against a legend, but eh! Whatever works.]

[bookslap]

{She can hear their footfalls now, and yikes they're coming in fast.}

See, you're not understanding something. {She reaches out to poke his shoulder, smiling fondly.} I'm not going anywhere without you.